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Re: emacs documentation: what's active voice, passive voice?
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David Combs |
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Re: emacs documentation: what's active voice, passive voice? |
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Wed, 08 Dec 2010 15:34:20 -0000 |
In article <cMWdnVIcw6z-PjfRnZ2dnUVZ_uadnZ2d@sysmatrix.net>,
B. T. Raven <nihil@nihilo.net> wrote:
>David Kastrup wrote:
>> "B. T. Raven" <nihil@nihilo.net> writes:
>>
>>> Yes, by their very nature, infinitives are split in English: "to love"
>>> vs. "amare." There's no room in the atom "amare" to insert anything.
>>
>> So where do you split the infinitive in "Don't make me cry"? I was not
>> aware that "to" was a part of the infinitive proper.
>>
>
>Some say it is "the full infinitive" and some say it ain't. Some even
>say there is no infinitive in English, only the plain form that also
>serves for imperative and subjunctive (e.g. be that as it may). All
^^ ^^^
"Be" is (of course?) in the subjunctive. What about the "may"?
Thanks!
David
- Re: emacs documentation: what's active voice, passive voice?, (continued)
- Re: emacs documentation: what's active voice, passive voice?, Alan Mackenzie, 2010/12/08
- RE: emacs documentation: what's active voice, passive voice?, Drew Adams, 2010/12/09
- Re: emacs documentation: what's active voice, passive voice?, Sean Sieger, 2010/12/09
- Re: emacs documentation: what's active voice, passive voice?, ken, 2010/12/10
- Re: emacs documentation: what's active voice, passive voice?, Russ P., 2010/12/09
- Re: emacs documentation: what's active voice, passive voice?, David Combs, 2010/12/08
- Re: emacs documentation: what's active voice, passive voice?, Stefan Monnier, 2010/12/08
- Re: emacs documentation: what's active voice, passive voice?, Pascal J. Bourguignon, 2010/12/08
Re: emacs documentation: what's active voice, passive voice?, Bruce Stephens, 2010/12/08
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